Where Writer's Get Ideas	Meaningful Topics	Kinds of Writing

ALL ABOUT-PROJECT--INFORMATIONAL WRITING

Author's purpose and audience		What the writer did BEFORE writing		What the writer did FOR the reader
*inform kids		*organize thoughts read read read read read don't steal facts out of books		*

Nonfiction Text Features

Name of Feature		What it is		How it helps the Reader
*photograph		a real picture taken with a camera		by telling more details
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*subheading				it gives you a hint about what it is going to be about
*bold words		it is a important learning word		bold words don't just give you informtion they tell you what the word means
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collecting dash facts

Color me facts

Writing with voice and personality
Writing from a different perspective- Point-of-view Writing through a Mask
Talking right to the reader
Asking the reader questions through the writing
Stating opinion but reacting with facts

VERBS--ACTION WORDS

moving		soft sounds		loud sounds		different ways to say "said"